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Introduction to Databases

Concepts in Focus
Data

Database

Database Management System(DBMS)

Advantages

Types of Databases

Relational Database

Non-Relational Database

Data

Any sort of information

that is stored is called
data.

Examples:

Messages &
multimedia on
WhatsApp

Products and orders

on Amazon

Contact details in
telephone directory,
etc.
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Database

An organised collection of data is called a database.

Database Management System (DBMS)

A software that is used to easily store and access data from the database in a
secure way.

Advantages

Security: Data is stored & maintained securely.

Ease of Use: Provides simpler ways to create & update data at the rate it is
generated and updated respectively.

Durability and Availability: Durable and provides access to all the

clients at any point in time.

Performance: Quickly accessible to all the clients(applications and

stakeholders).

Types of Databases

There are different types of databases based on how we organize the data.

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Relational Database

In relational databases,
the data is organised in
the form of tables.

Non-Relational Database

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These
four types
are
commonly
referred as
non-
relational
databases.

Note

Choice of database depends on our requirements.

Relational database is the most commonly used database.

Relational DBMS

Relational DBMS is a DBMS designed specifically for relational databases.

Relational databases organise the data in the form of tables.

Examples: Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, SQL Server, IBM DB2, etc.

Non-Relational DBMS
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Non-relational DBMS is a DBMS designed specifically for non-relational

databases. Non-relational databases store the data in a non-tabular form.

Examples: Elasticsearch, CouchDB, DynamoDB, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis,

etc.

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